Directing
Ted Parmelee
Born — Died
1912-10-10 — 1964-08-29
Place of birth
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
4 titles
Ted Parmelee was born on October 10, 1912 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a director, known for Peabody's Improbable History (1959), Four Wheels, No Brakes (1954) and The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1954). He died on August 29, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Known for
7.2A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
The Tell-Tale Heart
1953
7.0The king is offered a fine new suit that can only be seen by wise people, and walks naked in the procession.
The Emperor's New Clothes
1953
7.5Sort of a cartoon version of "All About Eve" or people-using-people themes. It opens with a man singing the title song, accompanied by a pianist, a trumpeter and a trombonist. A flashback to the story of Fifi who leaves Waldo for Alonzo, and then leaves Alonzo for the circus owner. Back in the present it is shown that all three men are the musicians and they are almost run down by a limousine, occupied by Fifi, now a stage star.
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
1954
7.0Pete Hothead decides to buy a new car to replace his old beat-up jalopy. Meanwhile, his wife has won a new car on a television quiz show that is the same make and model as the car Pete purchases from a car-dealer. Pete arrives home and sees the car his wife won and mistakes it for the one he ordered from the dealer, but it is a different color. He drives it back to the showroom for a replacement, and that begins the first of many problems he is to encounter.
Four Wheels, No Brakes
1954
Behind the camera
7.2A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
The Tell-Tale Heart
1953
7.0The king is offered a fine new suit that can only be seen by wise people, and walks naked in the procession.
The Emperor's New Clothes
1953
7.5Sort of a cartoon version of "All About Eve" or people-using-people themes. It opens with a man singing the title song, accompanied by a pianist, a trumpeter and a trombonist. A flashback to the story of Fifi who leaves Waldo for Alonzo, and then leaves Alonzo for the circus owner. Back in the present it is shown that all three men are the musicians and they are almost run down by a limousine, occupied by Fifi, now a stage star.
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
1954
7.0Pete Hothead decides to buy a new car to replace his old beat-up jalopy. Meanwhile, his wife has won a new car on a television quiz show that is the same make and model as the car Pete purchases from a car-dealer. Pete arrives home and sees the car his wife won and mistakes it for the one he ordered from the dealer, but it is a different color. He drives it back to the showroom for a replacement, and that begins the first of many problems he is to encounter.
Four Wheels, No Brakes
1954
